Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
Although I find the light they give too sterile and cool to be appealing, we have a bunch of the new compact fluorescent bulbs in our house, both because they are cheap to operate and they are long lasting. FacebookTweet
Continue readingHere’s a story that will cheer you up tremendously, if you need cheering, and that will make you feel even more cheerful if you started off in a good mood. FacebookTweet
Continue readingWhat? The Indian Ocean?! What’s that all about? It’s about the fact that, if I were to start digging a hole in my backyard and dig all the way through the earth out out to the other side, that’s where I’d end up: in the Indian Ocean, at a point
Continue readingWhat do you bet that the French will discover it takes more energy to turn the thing on and off for a five minute interval than to simply leave the darn thing lit? FacebookTweet
Continue readingJimmy Carter has been garnering a lot of press lately for his anti-Semitic positions, hypocrisy, falsification of facts, etc. FacebookTweet
Continue readingThe Museum of Modern Art hosted a symposium about feminist art. The story covering the symposium noted that the only time these feminist artists contemplated Islam they did so, not to discuss how their art could be used to help Islamic women break free from their invisibility and from the
Continue readingOne San Francisco man learned that, even if being handicapped did not prevent him from pursuing his career of choice, perhaps he chose the wrong career: A San Francisco man who is paraplegic was convicted Friday of two counts of robbery and one count of attempted robbery in thefts he
Continue readingIn the late 1970s, California experienced a drought severe enough to require water rationing. I found that a very traumatizing experience, perhaps because it reminded me that, no matter how sophisticated we become, we are nothing without water. Now, as California faces its 5th driest January since 1850, I’m starting
Continue readingHillary opened her campaign by proposing a “conversation.” FacebookTweet
Continue readingA trope on the Left is that, if Israel will just give the Palestinians back their land, glorious peace will instantly descend upon the entire Middle East, whether in the West Bank, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, or Iran. All of those nations are convulsing, runs this trope, not
Continue readingIt’s becoming apparent that there is a new anti-War tactic coming out, and it’s using the military as the base for operations. More and more, people with long-standing anti-War agendas have enlisted in the military after the Iraq War began with the apparent purpose of gnawing away at the military
Continue readingBurt Prelutsky explains that the hysteria about oil prices is nothing more than that — hysteria. While the NY Times gives us a relaxed (indeed) enjoyable short little history about Sundance’s growth, Brent Bozell reminds us just how sleazy the Sundance product is. Gay partners with children are attending workshops
Continue readingI’ve been invited to join the Watcher’s Council, at Watcher of Weasels! I’ll be joining an august company, since the following thoughtful, erudite and interesting bloggers are already members: Watcher of Weasels The Sundries Shack The Education Wonks Right Wing Nut House The Glittering Eye Rhymes With Right Done With
Continue readingWhile we were all delighting in the tough stance the Australian government has taken towards terrorism, it seems that Australian TV has fallen into the same swamp as American TV, which insists that all people who can claim victimhood must be heard, their complaints taken seriously, and the rest of
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